3704 stories by Philip Conneller
UKGC Sticks It to British Online Gaming Operators with Record $23.6 Million in Fines and Warnings to Behave
Fines against internet UK gaming operators rose more than tenfold between May 2017 and April 2018, from £1.6 million ($2 million) to £18 million ($23.6 million), as regulator UKGC warned that penalties will continue to “escalate relentlessly” if the industry fails to...
England’s Back-to-Back Wins Provoke Record World Cup Betting Rampage Followed by Media Backlash
England’s unusually good start to the World Cup has prompted a patriotic betting bonanza in the UK, the world’s biggest regulated sports betting market. Betting industry figures seen by The Times newspaper this week suggest up to $2.5 billion could be wagered...
Kentucky Sports Betting Bill Under Construction for 2019, Currently Imposes Massive Taxes
Kentucky is going all out for a sports betting bill in 2019 amid a nationwide push for sports betting implementation after the recent PASPA ruling in May. On Monday, State Sen. Julian Carrol filed his sports betting bill (BR 29) early, in...
Wynn Las Vegas Dealers Celebrate Supreme Court Decision on Tip-Pooling
The US Supreme Court dealt Wynn Las Vegas’ dealers pocket aces on Monday, when it tossed a petition by the Strip casino to overturn a lower court judgment that its dealers should not have to share their tips. Hundreds of dealers have...
Sheldon Adelson Among Macau Casino Owners Who Could Feel Sting of US v. China Tariff Wars
President Donald Trump backer Sheldon Adelson -- who heads up the world's largest gaming operation with Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS) -- may soon feel the pinch from his poster boy's trade war with China. Adelson's primary gaming profits come from his...
FanDuel Signs Sports Betting Deal With West Virginia’s Greenbrier Hotel
FanDuel has inked a deal to offer online sports betting in partnership West Virginia’s historic hotel, The Greenbrier, which provides the intriguing prospect of the site of an NFL training camp offering remote betting on NFL games. The Greenbrier, a luxury hotel...
Caesars Japan Bets On Big Stars and Showbiz To Win Japanese Hearts, Minds, and Casino License
Caesars President of Entertainment Jason Gastwirth has hinted that his company’s approach to wooing the impending Japanese casino market will center on bringing big stars to the stage to drive traffic, just as it has successfully done in Las Vegas for decades....
British Columbia Government Sues Alleged International Money Launderer For Casino Chips
The British Columbia government has filed a lawsuit to get its hands on $75,000 worth of casino chips confiscated from an alleged international money launderer, apprehended earlier this month at the River Rock Casino in Richmond. Chinese-Australian Dan Bai Shun Jin, 54, was arrested by...
Las Vegas Strip Security: Alleged Thief’s Unchecked Back Door Access Hotel Crime Spree Unveils Shocking Lack of Precautions
Head-scratching questions about Las Vegas Strip security have reemerged this week, after Danny Roy Salazar was charged recently with six counts each of burglary and grand larceny of property worth more than $21,000 total in a series of unusual weapon-less hits on...
World Cup Betting: England and Belgium Impress, Germany Bounces Back
The FIFA World Cup moved into its third round of group matches on Monday, which means this free-scoring tournament is now just past the halfway mark. The group stage of World Cups can often be cagey affairs, throwing up games between plodding,...
